Thesaurus
obeisance
Synonyms and Antonyms of obeisance
- They made obeisance before the king and queen.
- She earned herself some political enemies when she failed to make the proper obeisance to those in power.
beck [chiefly Scottish], bob, bow, curtsy, dop [obsolete], nod, salaam, salute
acquiescence, capitulation, obsequiousness, submission, submissiveness, surrender, yielding
compliance, conformity, obedience, subordination
deference, docility, dutifulness, humility, meekness, modesty, servility, slavishness, subordinateness, subservience, subserviency
adoration, deification, glorification, honor, reverence, veneration, worship
abidance, agreeability, amenability, teachableness, tractability, tractableness, trainability
disrespect, impudence, insolence, rudeness
affront, barb, brickbat, cut, dart, dig, dis (also diss) [slang], epithet, gird, indignity, insult, name, offense (or offence), outrage, personality, poke, put-down, sarcasm, slap, slight, slur
balkiness, contrariness, contumacy, defiance, disobedience, frowardness, insubordination, intractability, noncompliance, obstreperousness, rebelling, rebellion, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, refractoriness, self-will, unruliness, waywardness, willfulness
misbehavior, mischievousness, naughtiness
hardheadedness, mulishness, mutinousness, obstinacy, obstinateness, perversity, pigheadedness, stubbornness
insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, outbreak, revolt
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